Grasp the nettle CRITICAL CHOICES FOR RESEARCH SUPPORT STRUCTURES PETER SCOTT, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
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Grasp the nettleCRITICAL CHOICES FOR RESEARCH SUPPORT STRUCTURES
PETER SCOTT, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
There is no perfect research support structureEVERY STRUCTURE HAS TRADE-OFFS
Making deliberate choices about structure lets you pick the right trade-offsACTIVELY MAKE CHOICES THAT SUIT YOUR MISSION OR STRATEGY
Maksym Kozlenko / CC BY-SA 4.0
PLATEAU
Now +68%
Research FundingUCD
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2015 Central Research Office Restructure2017 Review of total research support2018 University wide change programmeRMAs: approximately 30 Central 100 Local
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MALTA 2017
• Benchmarking of scale of support• Interviews with 15 Institutions
Johan Åkerman Linköpings University
Sigridur Beck University of Gothenburg
Christian Bonnici University of Malta
Henrik Engell-Hedager IT University of Copenhagen
Eva Maria Moar Eurac Research
Sóley Morthens Hafrannsóknastofnun
Luigi Pellegrino Università Bocconi
Peter Scott University College Dublin
Astrid Souren Radboud University Nijmegen
Kristin Sverdrup Oslo and Akerhus University of Applied science
Maddalena Tognola Universität Bern
Paolo Della Porta Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Jan Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Renata Schaeffer University of Cambridge
John Donovan Dublin Institute of Technology
Image from EARMA 2017 conference website
Different World II, Alfonso Blanco, UCD
Overview▪Choose to focus or choose not to
▪Designed support systems versus ad hoc
▪Central office versus local supports
▪Cradle to grave support versus pre-award post-award
▪Topic specialists versus funder or mechanism specialists
▪Fixed term roles or permanent
Choose a focus
Artificial Sky, Paul Kenny, UCD
Designed or ad hoc?Bioreactor, Prof Eoin Casey, UCD Science of reducing our carbon footprint, Peter Casey, UCD
Central or local support?
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Central or local support?
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Cradle to grave vs pre and postThe secret of life, Dr Yolanda Alvarez, UCD Dead men do tell tales, Rene Gapert, UCD
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Funding experts or topic experts?
Fixed short term vs permanent
Flight control, Billy Clarke, UCD Concentrating since the middle ages, Tadhg O’Keeffe, UCD
Fixed short term vs permanent
Flight control, Billy Clarke, UCD Concentrating since the middle ages, Tadhg O’Keeffe, UCD
Summary▪Choose to focus or choose not to
▪Designed support systems versus ad hoc
▪Central office versus local supports
▪Cradle to grave support versus pre-award post-award
▪Topic specialists versus funder or mechanism specialists
▪Fixed term roles or permanent
Summary▪Choose to focus or choose not to
▪Designed support systems versus ad hoc
▪Central office versus local supports
▪Cradle to grave support versus pre-award post-award
▪Topic specialists versus funder or mechanism specialists
▪Fixed term roles or permanent
What next for UCD?
• Make the case to strengthen local supports• Design the ‘to-be’ structure options
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